The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-24
O'BRIEN PUT ON HISTRIAL
HE is CHEERED AT CORK AND AT
MITCHELLSTOWN.

sent Him with Bouquets-The Excite
ment at Cork Results in Free Fight
with the Polico-Tone Of London's
Press.
Cork, Sept. 23.-William O'Brien who
is charged by the government with sedition
under the coercion act, was taken to-day
from Cork Jail to Mitchellstown, where tho
alleged seditious language was used TO stand
trial before the court there. AS he left the
city under guard of detachment of hussars
and police he was loudly cheered. Upon
their arrival at Mitchellstown Mr. O'Brien
was received with tremendous cheering by
a large crowd which gathered to welcome
him. Tho crowd manifested great excite
ment but there were no indications of dis
order. Mr.. O'Brien was Immediately con
veyed by his guards to the court room.
Many English ladies were present to wit
ness the trial and Mr.. O'Brien was the
recipient of bouquets from number of
them.
POLICE AS WITNESSES.
When the case of Mr.. O'Brien was opened
several policemen were called as witnesses
for the government. They testified from
memory as to Mr.. O'Brien's language,
which they asserted tended to incite his
listeners to violence. During the hearing
of this evidence a procession, armed with
sticks and headed by a wagon carrying a
band, marched into town from the country
The hussars stopped the wagon, but allowed
the other part of the procession to proceed.
The procession took up its position close to
the court ROOM but order was observed
Constable Foley admitted that the notes
he made of what Mr. O'Brien said in his
In an n,A1
from memory The head Constable told
him to write a report. He was not asked
to produce the notes for many days after.
He could not swear that Mr.. O'Brien spoke
in the order in which the words appeared
in his notes.
Mr. Harrington declared that deliberate
attempt had been made to suppress Con
stable O'Sullivan's report of Mr.. O'Brien's
speech.
A SHARP PASSAGE.
Mr. Carson said that the observation of
Mr.. Harrington was pure fabrication.
Mr.. Harrington-You lie.
Magistrate Eaton-I cannot allow such
remarks here. If you repeat them you will
be removed from the court.
Mr.. Harrington (excitedly)-You need
not trouble yourself; shall remove myself.
l shall have nothing more to do with such a
solemn farce.
An eXclUeu crown IOllOWeu Une III
which Mr.. O'Brien was taken back to
prison, hooting and yelling at the soldiers
who fixed their bayonets and proceeded.
Mr.. Dillon and number of priests pacified
the crowd.
A RIOT AT CORK.
LONDON, Sept. 2S.--During meeting Of
the National League in Cork last evening a
crowd which had gathered outside the build
ing, in which the meeting was being held,
made an attack upon the rooms of the Prot
estant Young Mems Association. The police
charged the crowd, but the mob continually
gained fresh accessions and resisted, and a
melee occurred, the police using their ba-
tons, and the crowd using stones. The con-
tiict continued until Mr.. Tanner. Member
of Parliament, who was present at the
league meeting, came out and implored
the crowd to desist. After this the police
made another charge and dispersed the
crowd. Several constables were cut with
stones, and considerable glass was broken.
o'BRIENs PRoPHEsY.
The Standard says that Mr.. Davitt's
prophesy that Irishmen would not be fright
ened into respecting the law would have
better chance of being fulfilled did not he
himself set an example Of polite self-efface-
ment which BODIES well for peace. 1t is op-
perfume, it says, that considerations of
health led him to transfer himself to the re-
pose of American society.
Mr. Balfours secretary writes to point
out the inaccuracy of the eviction statistics
quoted by Mr. Gladstone on authority of
Mr. Mulhall as compiled from the British
museum figures
Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at
Whitley today used the following Ian
guage: "The present Parliament is fairly
democratic, and is therefore strong. If IL
were otherwise it would be unable to Crap
pie firmly with the National League. The
obstruction encountered during the session
was due to Mr. Gladstone acting as leader
of the Parnellites.
BIRM1NGHAMs RADICAL UNION.
Mr.. Chamberlain presided to-day at pri-
vate meeting of the Birmingham Radical
Union In a speech he said that he had
hoped that the feud In the Liberal ranks
would before now have been removed but
there was evidence on the Gladstonian side
that such was not the case He character
lied the Liberal Associations condemnation
of government interference with meetings
in Ireland as an impertinent absur-
dty IL was the paramount duty
of the executive TO enforce the law, and un-
less the country supported the executive,
there would be an end of social freedom.
The conflict was between the written law of
the land and the unwritten law OF the Irish
National League, and he hoped that the for
mer would triumph He believed
that the league was dying natural death,
but on account of arrant agitatois, whose
living depended upon It,, the organization
must he expected to die hard. Regarding
the Mitchelstown affair, he said that on the
whole he thought that the police acted with
1 forbearance and in splendid manner, not
| firing until the barracks were stormed.
The government, he said, ought
TO have proclaimed the Mitchells-
| town meeting. The Gladstone
| Government had proclaimed l30 meetings
whi,e the present Government had pro
claimed only twelve lie thought the pres
ent Gonernment rather blamable for their
extraordinary leniency The Gladstonians
were stumpiDg the country on the Mitch
ellstown affair, but were entirely dumb re
garding the cruel murder Of Constable
! Whelehan. Resolutions were passed based
upon Mr.. Chamberlaln's remarks and con
graduating Mr.. Chamberlain upon his ap-
pointment as member of the Anglo
American Fisheries Commission.
scALpED WITH BOILING TEA.
DUBLIN, Seps. 23-The agent OF Col.
Doping. in Donegal while attempting TO
eyict woman from her hovel to-day, was
scaded with boiling hot tea. A crowd that
had assembled yelled and groaned al the
evictors aud was charged by the police and
dispersed. Several houses on the estate
win be leveed